My little site isn’t exactly a high hacker target, but it does get assaulted pretty regularly by roaming bots. I’ve found it necessary to make periodic tweaks to keep everything running smoothly. WordPress is nice because a number of the security precautions that I would normally have to implement myself can be found in plugin form.
I currently use Akismet for spam filtering, WordPress Database Backup for weekly backups, and WordPress Security Scan. This list includes those plugins with 20 or so more for securing a wordpress install.
